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Cloud Containers and Microservices

T09 Integrate OpenAI, Communication, and Organizational Data Features into Line of Business Apps Tuesday September 15 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Dan Wahlin, Principal Cloud Developer Advocate, Microsoft

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W10 Fast Focus: Messaging Patterns for Distributed Systems on Azure Wednesday September 16 1:15pm - 1:35pm

Tony Champion , President, Champion DS

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H01 Kubernetes for Developers Thursday September 17 8:00am - 9:15am

Dan Wahlin, Principal Cloud Developer Advocate, Microsoft

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H05 Building Practical Zero Trust APIs with .NET 10 and Azure Thursday September 17 9:45am - 11:00am

Roy Cornelissen, Cloud Solution Architect, Xebia

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H17 Ensuring Azure Resiliency Thursday September 17 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Chris Ayers, Senior SRE , Microsoft

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Cutting-Edge AI

HOL01 2-Day Hands-On Lab: Elevate Your Career with Python and AI - Day 1: Getting Started with Python Monday September 14 9:00am - 6:00pm

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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T02 Building Intelligent Agents with Azure AI Foundry: From Idea to Enterprise-Ready Solutions Tuesday September 15 8:00am - 9:15am

Manpreet Singh, Senior Architect, Cognizant

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T06 Busy .NET Developer's Guide to Python Tuesday September 15 9:30am - 10:45am

Ted Neward, Principal, Neward and Associates

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T10 Build Your Own Copilot (Jarvis) 🤖 with Copilot Studio Tuesday September 15 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Manpreet Singh, Senior Architect, Cognizant

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T14 Running a Local GenAI Model on Your Laptop Tuesday September 15 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Steve Jones, The Voice of the DBA

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W14 Fast Focus: Explore Windows AI Dev Options with the AI Dev Gallery Wednesday September 16 1:45pm - 2:05pm

Alvin Ashcraft, Senior Content Developer, Microsoft

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W16 Getting Started with GitHub Copilot in VS Code Wednesday September 16 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Mayuri Lahane, Software Engineer, AI Enthusiast

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W20 The Agentic Revolution: From Code Builders to System Rulers Wednesday September 16 4:30pm - 5:45pm

Alon Fliess, Founder, ZioNet

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H02 Build Intelligent Apps with WinUI, Phi Silica and Foundry on Windows Thursday September 17 8:00am - 9:15am

Alvin Ashcraft, Senior Content Developer, Microsoft

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H06 Talk to AI Better: Advanced Prompt Engineering in Action Thursday September 17 9:45am - 11:00am

Mayuri Lahane, Software Engineer, AI Enthusiast

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H10 Build Multimodal Agents to Talk with your Data & Take Actions using Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure AI Thursday September 17 11:15am - 12:30pm

Prashant G Bhoyar, AI Architect in the Office of the CTO, AIS

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H14 The AI-Powered Software Development Lifecycle Thursday September 17 1:30pm - 2:45pm

René van Osnabrugge, Consulting Director, Xebia

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H18 Multi-Agent AI Systems with Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Fabric, Microsoft Agent Framework Thursday September 17 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Prashant G Bhoyar, AI Architect in the Office of the CTO, AIS

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HOL01 2-Day Hands-On Lab: Elevate Your Career with Python and AI - Day 2: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Using Python Friday September 18 8:00am - 5:00pm

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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Database & Analytics

T03 Choosing the Right Data Store Tuesday September 15 8:00am - 9:15am

Denny Cherry, Owner and Principal Consultant, Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting

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T11 Where Should I Be Encrypting My Data Tuesday September 15 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Denny Cherry, Owner and Principal Consultant, Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting

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W07 Using Data API Builder to Speed Up Application Development Wednesday September 16 9:30am - 10:45am

Steve Jones, The Voice of the DBA

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W13 Fast Focus: Jupyter Notebooks in VS Code Wednesday September 16 1:45pm - 2:05pm

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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W19 Architecting Data Driven AI Applications with Azure HorizonDB Wednesday September 16 4:30pm - 5:45pm

Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

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H11 Developer’s Guide to Fabric Pipelines & Data Engineering Workflows Thursday September 17 11:15am - 12:30pm

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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H15 The Developers Guide to Azure SQL Hyperscale Thursday September 17 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

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H19 Lakehouses, Warehouses, and OneLake Explained: Architecting with Microsoft Fabric Thursday September 17 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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Developing New Experiences

T07 Design & Develop True Cross-Platform .NET Apps with Uno Platform Tuesday September 15 9:30am - 10:45am

Sam Basu, Lead Developer Advocate, Uno Platform

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T15 Design to Code for .NET Developers Tuesday September 15 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Sam Basu, Lead Developer Advocate, Uno Platform

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W02 Create Multi-platform Apps with .NET MAUI and the MAUI Community Toolkit Wednesday September 16 8:00am - 9:15am

Alvin Ashcraft, Senior Content Developer, Microsoft

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W15 Busy Developer's Guide to Web Assembly Wednesday September 16 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Ted Neward, Principal, Neward and Associates

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Fast Focus

W09 Fast Focus: Mastering Angular Signals and the Resource API Wednesday September 16 1:15pm - 1:35pm

Deborah Kurata Microsoft MVP and Google Developer Expert (GDE), Consultant, Speaker, Author

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W10 Fast Focus: Messaging Patterns for Distributed Systems on Azure Wednesday September 16 1:15pm - 1:35pm

Tony Champion , President, Champion DS

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W11 Fast Focus: Why YOU Should Use a CLI as a .NET Dev Wednesday September 16 1:15pm - 1:35pm

Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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W12 Fast Focus: API Versioning Wednesday September 16 1:45pm - 2:05pm

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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W14 Fast Focus: Explore Windows AI Dev Options with the AI Dev Gallery Wednesday September 16 1:45pm - 2:05pm

Alvin Ashcraft, Senior Content Developer, Microsoft

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W13 Fast Focus: Jupyter Notebooks in VS Code Wednesday September 16 1:45pm - 2:05pm

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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Full Stack Web Development

HOL03 Hands-On Lab: Build an ASP.NET Core MVC App and EF Core with Copilot in a Day Monday September 14 9:00am - 6:00pm

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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T01 Microsoft Blazor Zero to Success Part 1 Tuesday September 15 8:00am - 9:15am

Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

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T05 Microsoft Blazor Zero to Success Part 2 Tuesday September 15 9:30am - 10:45am

Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

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T13 Building Web Applications with ASP.NET Core Tuesday September 15 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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W01 Building RESTful Services with ASP.NET Core Wednesday September 16 8:00am - 9:15am

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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W05 Angular’s Signal Forms and Model-first Validation Wednesday September 16 9:30am - 10:45am

Deborah Kurata Microsoft MVP and Google Developer Expert (GDE), Consultant, Speaker, Author

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W09 Fast Focus: Mastering Angular Signals and the Resource API Wednesday September 16 1:15pm - 1:35pm

Deborah Kurata Microsoft MVP and Google Developer Expert (GDE), Consultant, Speaker, Author

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W12 Fast Focus: API Versioning Wednesday September 16 1:45pm - 2:05pm

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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H20 TypeScript: Moving Beyond the Basics Thursday September 17 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Principal Consultant, Xebia

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F02 Workshop: Building Blazor Applications Friday September 18 8:00am - 5:00pm

Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Principal Consultant, Xebia
Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

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Hands-on Labs

HOL01 2-Day Hands-On Lab: Elevate Your Career with Python and AI - Day 1: Getting Started with Python Monday September 14 9:00am - 6:00pm

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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HOL02 Hands-On Lab: Unlock the Potential of AI in Your Applications with Microsoft Agent Framework Monday September 14 9:00am - 6:00pm

Roy Cornelissen, Cloud Solution Architect, Xebia
Marcel de Vries, Global MD & CTO, Xebia

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HOL03 Hands-On Lab: Build an ASP.NET Core MVC App and EF Core with Copilot in a Day Monday September 14 9:00am - 6:00pm

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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HOL01 2-Day Hands-On Lab: Elevate Your Career with Python and AI - Day 2: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Using Python Friday September 18 8:00am - 5:00pm

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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Human Factors in Engineering

W03 You’re Not Paid to Write Code Wednesday September 16 8:00am - 9:15am

Tony Champion , President, Champion DS

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W17 Visibility is a Technical Skill Wednesday September 16 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Tony Champion , President, Champion DS

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W21 Navigating Your Career as a Software Engineer Wednesday September 16 4:30pm - 5:45pm

Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Principal Consultant, Xebia

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H03 GitHub Projects: Project Management for Devs Who Hate Project Management Thursday September 17 8:00am - 9:15am

Benjamin Day, Author, Trainer, Developer

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H07 The Silent Question: What If Technology Disrupts My Role? Thursday September 17 9:45am - 11:00am

René van Osnabrugge, Consulting Director, Xebia

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H09 VAR, AI Referees, and the Future of Code Reviews Thursday September 17 11:15am - 12:30pm

Amber Vanderburg, Founder, Pathwayz Group

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H13 Debugging Like a Coach: Fixing Team Bugs Before They Crash the Game Thursday September 17 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Amber Vanderburg, Founder, Pathwayz Group

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Keynotes

Tuesday Keynote: To Be Announced Tuesday September 15 11:15am - 12:15pm

Mads Kristensen , Principal Product Manager, Visual Studio, Microsoft

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Wednesday Keynote: Microsoft Databases: Architecting Cloud Native and AI Driven Applications Wednesday September 16 11:15am - 12:15pm

Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

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Modern Software Engineering

T08 Microservices for Pragmatists Tuesday September 15 9:30am - 10:45am

Hazel Bohon, Software Engineer, Particular

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T12 GitHub Actions in Action Tuesday September 15 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Marcel de Vries, Global MD & CTO, Xebia

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W06 Git Storytelling: Crafting a Git Commit History your Future Self will Thank You For Wednesday September 16 9:30am - 10:45am

Roy Cornelissen, Cloud Solution Architect, Xebia

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W18 Monte Carlo & Throughput: Putting Estimation Theater to Bed Wednesday September 16 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Benjamin Day, Author, Trainer, Developer

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W22 Full-Stack with a Side of Copilot: Building and Deploying an App the AI-Accelerated Way Wednesday September 16 4:30pm - 5:45pm

Esteban Garcia Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, Head of GitHub AI Services, Lantern

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H04 Orchestrating the Modern Software Factory: GitHub as the Intelligent Control Plane Thursday September 17 8:00am - 9:15am

Esteban Garcia Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, Head of GitHub AI Services, Lantern

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F03 Workshop: Secure AI Engineering and DevOps for .NET Developers on Azure Friday September 18 8:00am - 5:00pm

Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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The Core of .NET

HOL02 Hands-On Lab: Unlock the Potential of AI in Your Applications with Microsoft Agent Framework Monday September 14 9:00am - 6:00pm

Roy Cornelissen, Cloud Solution Architect, Xebia
Marcel de Vries, Global MD & CTO, Xebia

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T04 What's New in C# Tuesday September 15 8:00am - 9:15am

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

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T16 Improving Performance in .NET Tuesday September 15 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

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W04 Maintainable and Scalable Test Automation with Playwright Cloud Services Wednesday September 16 8:00am - 9:15am

Marcel de Vries, Global MD & CTO, Xebia

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W08 MCP Magic Wednesday September 16 9:30am - 10:45am

Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

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W11 Fast Focus: Why YOU Should Use a CLI as a .NET Dev Wednesday September 16 1:15pm - 1:35pm

Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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H08 Developing Agentic Systems in .NET: From Concept to Code Thursday September 17 9:45am - 11:00am

Alon Fliess, Founder, ZioNet

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H12 Be A More Productive .NET Dev with VS Code, Visual Studio, and the CLI Thursday September 17 11:15am - 12:30pm

Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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H16 Aspire 13: One AppHost, Many Languages, Fewer Headaches? Thursday September 17 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Chris Ayers, Senior SRE , Microsoft

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Workshops

F02 Workshop: Building Blazor Applications Friday September 18 8:00am - 5:00pm

Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Principal Consultant, Xebia
Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

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F03 Workshop: Secure AI Engineering and DevOps for .NET Developers on Azure Friday September 18 8:00am - 5:00pm

Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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